English- Conscience alley
In English, we used a Drama technique called ‘conscience alley’. Children got into role as Heracles from our new Narrative text, ‘The 12 Labours of Heracles’ and walked through the alleyway of children. As they pass through, children offered Heracles words of wisdom to help him in his quest. We…
Science - sorting invertebrates
During our first week back after Christmas, we completed our Classification Science unit from Autumn Term, with the final lesson on invertebrates. The children worked in pairs to investigate the different types of invertebrates, using information and fact files to support their decisions. Despite…
Snowdome Trip!
Great fun was had by all on Wednesday! Class 3 enjoyed their time in the snow and represented our school very well. Here is a small selection of photos from the morning!
Geography enrichment afternoon - Map reading
Class 3 had a great time on Tuesday this week, taking part in a map reading activity. They took part in various orienteering activities, which built on the work we have been doing this term in Geography. As you can see from he photos, they had fun and loved being able to get outside, despite the…
Christingle Service
The children of Class did an amazing job leading the Christingle service in church this year! All of the children spoke clearly and eloquently and performed with confidence and with a smile. It was a magical night in St.Andrew’s church!
Below is a selection of photos from our rehearsal in…
Making Christingles
The children loved making their own Christingles, in preparation for the Christingle Service on Monday this week.
Computing - making video
As part of our computing unit on video, children worked in small groups to experiment with different filming techniques. They created short videos which explored the use of different camera angles; close ups, medium and long distance shots and moving subjects.
They all had great fun producing…
Space Art
In Art this term, we are looking at the portrayal of Space through different mediums, including painting, pencil drawing, photo and computer generated images.
We began by sorting the different images and then had a go at recreating them through sketching this week.
Using manipulatives to find factors of numbers
Children have been working hard on finding the factors of numbers: to support this learning, we used cubes to show different arrays to make the same amount.
Rock up and Read!
Thank you to all Class 3 parents who came along to ‘Rock up and Read’ on Friday 10th November! It’s always nice for the children to have this time with an adult from home and as you can see from the pictures, they also particularly enjoyed the chocolate snacks!
Performing War poetry
This week, we were working on a poetry unit about war. We looked at at two different poems; ‘Dulce et decorum est’ and ‘The Soldier’.
We focussed on how the language features within the poems create imagery for the reader. We looked at the use of adjectives, similes and metaphors in particular…
Stuffed Toys project
Today was the final stage of our DT project, making a stuffed toy.
The children really enjoyed this and produced some brilliant work. However, I was most impressed by the way that they all helped each other! There were some who found the sewing task quite tricky (including me!) but with the…